Air Force officials have issued a warning that residents in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties could potentially hear one or more sonic booms due to the launch.

The notoriously foggy launch site provided a rare clear day for the private aerospace company; the only visible clouds were those formed by gaseous liquid oxygen bleeding off from the vehicle itself, according to SpaceX engineer Tom Praderio.

It marked the first time the company has pulled off its now-signature rocket recovery method on land on the West Coast.

A lovely sky show following Falcon 9's launch. The second satellite will be SAOCOM 1B. The rocket will carry the Argentinian SOACOM 1A radar mapping satellite.

The Saocom-1A launch places SpaceX one mission away from tying its record of 18 launches in one year, set in 2017.

"SAOCOM" is short for "Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas", which is Spanish for "Argentine Microwave-Observation Satellite".

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